This may be a fit if...
- Your body reacts as though the danger is still present
- Hypervigilance, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, or sleep difficulties persist
- You feel numb, frozen, disconnected, or easily overwhelmed
- You want a paced approach that works with both mind and body
Trauma doesn't always feel like remembering something that happened.
Sometimes it feels like your entire system is still responding to something that happened years ago.
You may feel overwhelmed simply by mentioning a difficult subject. Your heart races. Your body becomes tense. Your mind won't stop. You avoid certain people, places, conversations, or situations because you know what they might bring up.
You may feel constantly on edge, or the opposite: numb, disconnected, frozen, or unable to feel much of anything.
You may experience
- Anxiety or panic
- Hypervigilance
- Intrusive memories or thoughts
- Avoidance
- Sleep difficulties
- Emotional numbness or disconnection
- Irritability or anger
- Shame or persistent guilt
- Feeling overwhelmed or easily activated
- Difficulty trusting others
- Dissociation or feeling disconnected from yourself
- A persistent sense that something is wrong even when you're objectively safe
Trauma can change the way you relate to your body, your emotions, your relationships, and the world around you.
A mind-and-body approach
At Root & River Counseling in Boise, I use a trauma-informed, somatic approach that considers both the psychological and physiological effects of trauma. Depending on your needs, therapy may incorporate somatic interventions, Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, ACT, CBT, DBT, and polyvagal-informed approaches.
The goal isn't to force you to relive painful experiences before you're ready.
Instead, we work toward helping you develop greater awareness, regulation, safety, and connection, so that your past doesn't have to continue controlling your present.